RSSYoung Latino voters on the rise
Carolyn Hileman - The Voice* | March 3, 2008
American-born Manuel Rendon came of legal age in the midst of rallies around the country for immigration reform and quickly registered to vote. “Once I turned 18, I knew that was the one way to have my voice heard and to really make an impact. So it wasn’t just my right, it was my duty,” said Rendon, the son of Mexican immigrants. For years, Hispanics have lagged behind other voters in their political clout, in part because so many of them were under 18. But now, 400,000 U.S.-born Latinos a year are joining the voting-age population by turning 18. More than 5 million Latino citizens, either U.S.-born or naturalized, were ages 18 to 29 as of September 2007, according to the Pew Hispanic Center. The power of that fast-growing slice of the Latino vote may soon be put to the test in Texas, where Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama are competing fiercely for the support of Hispanic voters in the state’s March 4 Democratic primary.
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